Working with International Students on campus!

I love working with International Students on campus. They have taken a daunting step to come to our country and it is lonely for them.  We provide a meal on Sunday nights at the Baptist Student Center and it is named after my dad, A. B. Cooper Hospitality meals.    Last night, I went up for the dinner which was comprised of food cooked by Julie and Steve Southard and then my scholarship recipient, Raphael Pellenard, taught us how to make crepes with Nutella or lemon juice filling.   We had our biggest group so far as the place was filled with laughter and the happy sounds of a group mingling together to find their own place.   Daddy would have been eating it up.  He loved getting groups around a table and he loved helping people find their own niche.  What a remarkable influence he still has!

I liked being a small part in the circle of the evening--washing dishes, scraping food, talking around a table.  Everyone in the circle wants to know a name for each face and they don't want to miss being introduced to anyone.  Matt Porter has done a great job in making this happen;  I try to give him encouragement and advice because he is worth so much in building a kingdom.   So thanks Matt, and Julie and all the rest.  You have done well!